1843 - 1921
Gustaf Oscar Augustin Montelius, known as Oscar Montelius (9 September 1843 – 4 November 1921) was a Swedish archaeologist who refined the concept of seriation, a relative chronological dating method. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Oscar Montelius has received more than 43,057 page views. His biography is available in 32 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 27 in 2019). Oscar Montelius is the 17th most popular archaeologist, the 178th most popular biography from Sweden (up from 186th in 2019) and the most popular Swedish Archaeologist.
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Among archaeologists, Oscar Montelius ranks 17 out of 104. Before him are Nynetjer, George Herbert, 5th Earl of Carnarvon, V. Gordon Childe, Christian Jürgensen Thomsen, Ciriaco de' Pizzicolli, and Johann Friedrich Blumenbach. After him are Aurel Stein, Flinders Petrie, Karl Richard Lepsius, Louis Leakey, Austen Henry Layard, and Khaemweset.
2750 BC - 2845 BC
HPI: 63.41
Rank: 11
1866 - 1923
HPI: 62.65
Rank: 12
1892 - 1957
HPI: 62.30
Rank: 13
1788 - 1865
HPI: 62.05
Rank: 14
1391 - 1452
HPI: 60.36
Rank: 15
1752 - 1840
HPI: 60.09
Rank: 16
1843 - 1921
HPI: 59.61
Rank: 17
1862 - 1943
HPI: 59.56
Rank: 18
1853 - 1942
HPI: 59.40
Rank: 19
1810 - 1884
HPI: 59.15
Rank: 20
1903 - 1972
HPI: 59.06
Rank: 21
1817 - 1894
HPI: 58.99
Rank: 22
1281 BC - 1225 BC
HPI: 58.94
Rank: 23
Among people born in 1843, Oscar Montelius ranks 22. Before him are Colmar Freiherr von der Goltz, Benito Pérez Galdós, Richard Avenarius, Walther Flemming, Georg von Hertling, and Camillo Sitte. After him are Hermann Schwarz, Princess Maria Clotilde of Savoy, Hans Richter, Mariano Rampolla, Elizabeth Stride, and Henryk Siemiradzki. Among people deceased in 1921, Oscar Montelius ranks 29. Before him are Ignác Goldziher, Eugen Dühring, Robert de Montesquiou, Karl von Bülow, Fernand Khnopff, and Vladimir Korolenko. After him are Hara Takashi, Mykola Leontovych, Ivan Vazov, Prince Louis of Battenberg, Hermann Schwarz, and Subramania Bharati.
1843 - 1916
HPI: 62.08
Rank: 16
1843 - 1920
HPI: 61.38
Rank: 17
1843 - 1896
HPI: 60.32
Rank: 18
1843 - 1905
HPI: 60.07
Rank: 19
1843 - 1919
HPI: 59.92
Rank: 20
1843 - 1903
HPI: 59.86
Rank: 21
1843 - 1921
HPI: 59.61
Rank: 22
1843 - 1921
HPI: 58.80
Rank: 23
1843 - 1911
HPI: 58.74
Rank: 24
1843 - 1916
HPI: 58.22
Rank: 25
1843 - 1913
HPI: 58.15
Rank: 26
1843 - 1888
HPI: 58.08
Rank: 27
1843 - 1902
HPI: 57.78
Rank: 28
1850 - 1921
HPI: 60.95
Rank: 23
1833 - 1921
HPI: 60.82
Rank: 24
1855 - 1921
HPI: 60.70
Rank: 25
1846 - 1921
HPI: 60.45
Rank: 26
1858 - 1921
HPI: 60.25
Rank: 27
1853 - 1921
HPI: 59.85
Rank: 28
1843 - 1921
HPI: 59.61
Rank: 29
1856 - 1921
HPI: 59.38
Rank: 30
1877 - 1921
HPI: 59.05
Rank: 31
1850 - 1921
HPI: 58.98
Rank: 32
1854 - 1921
HPI: 58.84
Rank: 33
1843 - 1921
HPI: 58.80
Rank: 34
1882 - 1921
HPI: 58.48
Rank: 35
Among people born in Sweden, Oscar Montelius ranks 178 out of 1,612. Before him are Hans Rosling (1948), Ingvar Carlsson (1934), Gunnar Asplund (1885), Sten Sture the Younger (1493), John I of Sweden (1201), and Tage Erlander (1901). After him are Britt Ekland (1942), Knut Wicksell (1851), PewDiePie (1989), Franz Berwald (1796), Markus Persson (1979), and Hugo Alfvén (1872).
1948 - 2017
HPI: 59.93
Rank: 172
1934 - Present
HPI: 59.92
Rank: 173
1885 - 1940
HPI: 59.78
Rank: 174
1493 - 1520
HPI: 59.78
Rank: 175
1201 - 1222
HPI: 59.71
Rank: 176
1901 - 1985
HPI: 59.61
Rank: 177
1843 - 1921
HPI: 59.61
Rank: 178
1942 - Present
HPI: 59.60
Rank: 179
1851 - 1926
HPI: 59.56
Rank: 180
1989 - Present
HPI: 59.54
Rank: 181
1796 - 1868
HPI: 59.49
Rank: 182
1979 - Present
HPI: 59.49
Rank: 183
1872 - 1960
HPI: 59.48
Rank: 184
Among archaeologists born in Sweden, Oscar Montelius ranks 1. After him are Johan Gunnar Andersson (1874), Johan David Åkerblad (1763), and Sven Nilsson (1787).
1843 - 1921
HPI: 59.61
Rank: 1
1874 - 1960
HPI: 51.51
Rank: 2
1763 - 1819
HPI: 49.50
Rank: 3
1787 - 1883
HPI: 47.86
Rank: 4